Schedule, Box Scores and Splits
Franchise Encyclopedia: 2003 / 2005
92-70, Finished 1st in AL Central (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Ron Gardenhire (92-70)
Scored 780 runs, Allowed 715 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 87-75
Ballparks: Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome · Attendance: 1,911,490 (10th of 14)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 102, Pitching - 102 · one-year: Batting - 104, Pitching - 104
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Lost AL Division Series (3-1) to New York Yankees |
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| Season Summary | 92-70, Final Rank:1, GB: 0.0 | |
| Days in First | 126 | last on Sunday, Oct 3, counts only the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day |
| 145 | last on Oct 3, counts all days of the season including off days | |
| Biggest Lead | 13.5 | last on Monday, Sep 20, for days on which they played |
| Farthest Behind | 2.5 | last on Monday, May 31, for days on which they played |
| Most Games over .500 | 26 | last on Monday, Sep 20 |
| Most Games under .500 | 1 | last on Monday, Apr 12 |
| Longest Winning Streak | 9 | Tuesday, Sep 7 to Thursday, Sep 16 |
| Longest Losing Streak | 5 | Saturday, Jun 26 to Thursday, Jul 1 and Friday, Jul 9 to Friday, Jul 16 |
| Most Runs Allowed | 17 | Sunday, May 23 |
| Most Runs Scored | 16 | Tuesday, Jun 1 |
| Longest Game (innings) | 18 | Sunday, Aug 8 |
| Times Shutout by Opponent | 4 | |
| Times Opponent Shutout | 9 | |
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| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak | |||
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| 1 | 1 | Monday, Apr 5 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | W | 7 | 4 | 11 | 1-0 | 1 | Tied | Rincon | Durbin | 3:44 | N | 49,584 | + | ||
| 2 | 2 | Tuesday, Apr 6 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | W | 7 | 6 | 15 | 2-0 | 1 | Tied | Roa | Westbrook | 5:00 | N | 19,832 | ++ | ||
| 3 | 3 | Wednesday, Apr 7 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | L | 4 | 11 | 2-1 | 2 | 1.0 | Durbin | Lohse | 3:07 | N | 20,313 | - | |||
| 4 | 4 | Thursday, Apr 8 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | L | 6 | 10 | 2-2 | 2 | 2.0 | Cornejo | Fultz | 2:41 | D | 42,121 | -- | ||
| 5 | 5 | Saturday, Apr 10 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | W | 10 | 5 | 3-2 | 2 | 1.0 | Radke | Johnson | 3:21 | D | 23,409 | + | ||
| 6 | 6 | Sunday, Apr 11 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | L | 5 | 6 | 10 | 3-3 | 3 | 2.0 | Colyer | Roa | 3:24 | D | 12,138 | - | |
| 7 | 7 | Monday, Apr 12 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | L | 3 | 6 | 3-4 | 4 | 2.5 | Lee | Lohse | 2:39 | D | 42,424 | -- | ||
| 8 | 8 | Wednesday, Apr 14 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | W | 10 | 6 | 4-4 | 3 | 2.0 | Silva | D'Amico | Rincon | 2:54 | N | 14,237 | + | |
| 9 | 9 | Thursday, Apr 15 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | W | 3 | 0 | 5-4 | 3 | 1.0 | Radke | Stanford | Nathan | 2:35 | N | 15,105 | ++ | |
| 10 | 10 | Friday, Apr 16 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | W | 9 | 7 | 6-4 | 1 | Tied | Rincon | Cerda | Nathan | 3:02 | N | 22,553 | +++ | ||
| 11 | 11 | Saturday, Apr 17 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | W | 8 | 4 | 7-4 | 1 | Tied | Lohse | Appier | Romero | 2:52 | N | 25,420 | ++++ | ||
| 12 | 12 | Sunday, Apr 18 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | W | 8 | 3 | 8-4 | 1 | Tied | Roa | May | 2:59 | D | 21,079 | +++++ | |||
| 13 | 13 | Tuesday, Apr 20 | boxscore | MIN | DET | W | 6 | 4 | 9-4 | 1 | up 1.0 | Silva | Johnson | Nathan | 2:52 | N | 15,079 | ++++++ | ||
| 14 | 14 | Wednesday, Apr 21 | boxscore | MIN | DET | L | 8 | 11 | 9-5 | 1 | up 0.5 | Levine | Radke | Urbina | 2:46 | N | 15,158 | - | ||
| 15 | 15 | Thursday, Apr 22 | boxscore | MIN | DET | W | 4 | 3 | 10-5 | 1 | up 1.0 | Santana | Maroth | Nathan | 2:42 | D | 14,857 | + | ||
| 16 | 16 | Friday, Apr 23 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | W | 7 | 5 | 11-5 | 1 | up 1.0 | Romero | Leskanic | Nathan | 3:25 | N | 20,103 | ++ | |
| 17 | 17 | Saturday, Apr 24 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | L | 1 | 10 | 11-6 | 1 | up 0.5 | Camp | Greisinger | 2:51 | N | 25,525 | - | ||
| 18 | 18 | Sunday, Apr 25 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | W | 4 | 2 | 12-6 | 1 | up 1.0 | Silva | Anderson | Nathan | 2:39 | D | 23,159 | + | |
| 19 | 19 | Monday, Apr 26 | boxscore | MIN | TOR | L | 1 | 6 | 12-7 | 1 | up 0.5 | Lilly | Radke | 2:22 | N | 13,859 | - | |||
| 20 | 20 | Tuesday, Apr 27 | boxscore | MIN | TOR | W | 7 | 4 | 13-7 | 1 | up 1.5 | Rincon | Speier | 2:45 | N | 14,029 | + | |||
| 21 | 21 | Wednesday, Apr 28 | boxscore | MIN | TOR | W | 9 | 5 | 14-7 | 1 | up 1.5 | Rincon | Frasor | 2:55 | N | 15,164 | ++ | |||
| 22 | 22 | Friday, Apr 30 | boxscore | MIN | ANA | W | 6 | 3 | 15-7 | 1 | up 1.5 | Silva | Ortiz | Nathan | 2:41 | N | 21,279 | +++ | ||
| 23 | 23 | Saturday, May 1 | boxscore | MIN | ANA | L | 0 | 1 | 15-8 | 1 | up 1.0 | Rodriguez | Rincon | Percival | 2:26 | N | 26,180 | - | ||
| 24 | 24 | Sunday, May 2 | boxscore | MIN | ANA | L | 1 | 3 | 15-9 | 1 | Tied | Lackey | Romero | Percival | 2:39 | D | 20,744 | -- | ||
| 25 | 25 | Tuesday, May 4 | boxscore | MIN | @ | SEA | L | 3 | 4 | 16 | 15-10 | 2 | 0.5 | Villone | Greisinger | 4:48 | N | 32,727 | --- | |
| 26 | 26 | Wednesday, May 5 | boxscore | MIN | @ | SEA | W | 5 | 1 | 16-10 | 2 | 0.5 | Silva | Pineiro | 2:25 | N | 27,270 | + | ||
| 27 | 27 | Thursday, May 6 | boxscore | MIN | @ | SEA | L | 1 | 2 | 16-11 | 2 | 1.0 | Garcia | Rincon | Guardado | 2:39 | N | 25,418 | - | |
| 28 | 28 | Friday, May 7 | boxscore | MIN | @ | OAK | L | 9 | 11 | 13 | 16-12 | 2 | 1.0 | Bradford | Mulholland | 4:53 | N | 18,775 | -- | |
| 29 | 29 | Saturday, May 8 | boxscore | MIN | @ | OAK | W | 3 | 2 | 10 | 17-12 | 1 | Tied | Romero | Mecir | Nathan | 3:13 | D | 22,759 | + |
| 30 | 30 | Sunday, May 9 | boxscore | MIN | @ | OAK | L | 4 | 8 | 17-13 | 1 | Tied | Mulder | Lohse | 2:33 | D | 24,916 | - | ||
| 31 | 31 | Tuesday, May 11 | boxscore | MIN | SEA | W | 7 | 6 | 11 | 18-13 | 1 | Tied | Fultz | Villone | 3:39 | N | 16,794 | + | ||
| 32 | 32 | Wednesday, May 12 | boxscore | MIN | SEA | W | 4 | 3 | 19-13 | 1 | up 0.5 | Radke | Garcia | Nathan | 2:34 | N | 21,071 | ++ | ||
| 33 | 33 | Thursday, May 13 | boxscore | MIN | SEA | W | 1 | 0 | 20-13 | 1 | up 1.0 | Santana | Franklin | Nathan | 2:31 | D | 25,916 | +++ | ||
| 34 | 34 | Friday, May 14 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | W | 3 | 2 | 21-13 | 1 | up 2.0 | Rincon | Marte | Nathan | 3:06 | N | 15,962 | ++++ | |
| 35 | 35 | Saturday, May 15 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | W | 4 | 1 | 22-13 | 1 | up 3.0 | Greisinger | Loaiza | Nathan | 2:12 | N | 32,360 | +++++ | |
| 36 | 36 | Sunday, May 16 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | L | 0 | 11 | 22-14 | 1 | up 2.0 | Buehrle | Silva | 2:34 | D | 26,348 | - | ||
| 37 | 37 | Monday, May 17 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TOR | W | 9 | 5 | 23-14 | 1 | up 3.0 | Rincon | Nakamura | Fultz | 2:58 | N | 13,502 | + | |
| 38 | 38 | Tuesday, May 18 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TOR | L | 3 | 5 | 23-15 | 1 | up 2.0 | Batista | Santana | Adams | 2:55 | N | 25,405 | - | |
| 39 | 39 | Wednesday, May 19 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TOR | W | 6 | 5 | 24-15 | 1 | up 2.0 | Fultz | Adams | Nathan | 2:42 | D | 25,675 | + | |
| 40 | 40 | Thursday, May 20 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | L | 3 | 10 | 24-16 | 1 | up 1.0 | Loaiza | Greisinger | 2:32 | N | 17,640 | - | |||
| 41 | 41 | Friday, May 21 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | L | 2 | 8 | 24-17 | 1 | Tied | Buehrle | Silva | 2:20 | N | 30,116 | -- | |||
| 42 | 42 | Saturday, May 22 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | W | 9 | 1 | 25-17 | 1 | up 1.0 | Radke | Cotts | 2:39 | N | 27,413 | + | |||
| 43 | 43 | Sunday, May 23 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | L | 7 | 17 | 25-18 | 1 | Tied | Garland | Santana | 3:06 | D | 22,859 | - | |||
| 44 | 44 | Tuesday, May 25 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TBD | L | 1 | 6 | 25-19 | 1 | Tied | Zambrano | Lohse | 2:19 | N | 8,571 | -- | ||
| 45 | 45 | Wednesday, May 26 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TBD | W | 4 | 2 | 26-19 | 1 | Tied | Greisinger | Bell | Nathan | 2:52 | N | 9,107 | + | |
| 46 | 46 | Thursday, May 27 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TBD | L | 4 | 5 | 26-20 | 2 | 1.0 | Halama | Silva | Baez | 2:24 | D | 10,570 | - | |
| 47 | 47 | Friday, May 28 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | L | 1 | 2 | 26-21 | 2 | 2.0 | Affeldt | Rincon | 2:49 | N | 30,614 | -- | ||
| 48 | 48 | Saturday, May 29 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | L | 2 | 5 | 26-22 | 2 | 2.0 | Reyes | Santana | Affeldt | 2:34 | D | 24,676 | --- | |
| 49 | 49 | Sunday, May 30 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | W | 8 | 3 | 27-22 | 2 | 2.0 | Lohse | Gobble | 3:17 | D | 22,305 | + | ||
| 50 | 50 | Monday, May 31 | boxscore | MIN | TBD | L | 3 | 7 | 27-23 | 2 | 2.5 | Bell | Greisinger | 2:35 | D | 25,191 | - | |||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 51 | 51 | Tuesday, Jun 1 | boxscore | MIN | TBD | W | 16 | 4 | 28-23 | 2 | 1.5 | Silva | Abbott | 2:32 | N | 13,928 | + | |||
| 52 | 52 | Wednesday, Jun 2 | boxscore | MIN | TBD | L | 2 | 4 | 28-24 | 2 | 1.5 | Waechter | Radke | Baez | 2:36 | N | 14,939 | - | ||
| 53 | 53 | Thursday, Jun 3 | boxscore | MIN | TBD | L | 2 | 5 | 28-25 | 2 | 2.0 | Hendrickson | Santana | Baez | 2:25 | D | 16,706 | -- | ||
| 54 | 54 | Friday, Jun 4 | boxscore | MIN | DET | W | 3 | 2 | 29-25 | 2 | 2.0 | Nathan | Walker | 2:34 | N | 15,391 | + | |||
| 55 | 55 | Saturday, Jun 5 | boxscore | MIN | DET | L | 0 | 6 | 29-26 | 2 | 2.0 | Knotts | Greisinger | 2:38 | D | 17,573 | - | |||
| 56 | 56 | Sunday, Jun 6 | boxscore | MIN | DET | W | 6 | 5 | 30-26 | 2 | 1.0 | Romero | Yan | Nathan | 2:29 | D | 20,378 | + | ||
| 57 | 57 | Tuesday, Jun 8 | boxscore | MIN | NYM | W | 2 | 1 | 31-26 | 2 | 1.0 | Rincon | Stanton | 2:39 | N | 16,181 | ++ | |||
| 58 | 58 | Wednesday, Jun 9 | boxscore | MIN | NYM | W | 5 | 3 | 32-26 | 1 | Tied | Santana | Trachsel | Nathan | 2:37 | N | 17,507 | +++ | ||
| 59 | 59 | Thursday, Jun 10 | boxscore | MIN | NYM | W | 3 | 2 | 15 | 33-26 | 1 | up 0.5 | Balfour | Bottalico | 4:06 | N | 16,706 | ++++ | ||
| 60 | 60 | Friday, Jun 11 | boxscore | MIN | PHI | L | 6 | 11 | 33-27 | 1 | up 0.5 | Worrell | Mulholland | 2:48 | N | 22,272 | - | |||
| 61 | 61 | Saturday, Jun 12 | boxscore | MIN | PHI | W | 6 | 1 | 34-27 | 1 | up 0.5 | Silva | Millwood | 2:45 | N | 22,219 | + | |||
| 62 | 62 | Sunday, Jun 13 | boxscore | MIN | PHI | L | 1 | 2 | 34-28 | 2 | 0.5 | Cormier | Fultz | Wagner | 3:00 | D | 23,479 | - | ||
| 63 | 63 | Tuesday, Jun 15 | boxscore | MIN | @ | MON | W | 8 | 2 | 35-28 | 2 | 0.5 | Santana | Day | 2:39 | N | 4,557 | + | ||
| 64 | 64 | Wednesday, Jun 16 | boxscore | MIN | @ | MON | W | 5 | 4 | 11 | 36-28 | 1 | up 0.5 | Rincon | Fikac | Nathan | 3:40 | N | 3,763 | ++ |
| 65 | 65 | Thursday, Jun 17 | boxscore | MIN | @ | MON | W | 6 | 4 | 37-28 | 1 | up 1.5 | Fultz | Hernandez | Nathan | 2:59 | N | 10,044 | +++ | |
| 66 | 66 | Friday, Jun 18 | boxscore | MIN | @ | MIL | L | 1 | 4 | 37-29 | 1 | up 0.5 | Sheets | Silva | Kolb | 2:38 | N | 28,555 | - | |
| 67 | 67 | Saturday, Jun 19 | boxscore | MIN | @ | MIL | L | 6 | 7 | 37-30 | 1 | up 0.5 | Vizcaino | Mulholland | Kolb | 2:46 | N | 36,882 | -- | |
| 68 | 68 | Sunday, Jun 20 | boxscore | MIN | @ | MIL | W | 4 | 2 | 38-30 | 1 | up 1.5 | Santana | Santos | Nathan | 2:55 | D | 33,752 | + | |
| 69 | 69 | Tuesday, Jun 22 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BOS | L | 2 | 9 | 38-31 | 1 | up 1.0 | Schilling | Lohse | 2:48 | N | 35,261 | - | ||
| 70 | 70 | Wednesday, Jun 23 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BOS | W | 4 | 2 | 39-31 | 1 | up 2.0 | Silva | Lowe | Nathan | 2:43 | N | 35,233 | + | |
| 71 | 71 | Thursday, Jun 24 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BOS | W | 4 | 3 | 10 | 40-31 | 1 | up 2.0 | Balfour | Foulke | Nathan | 2:48 | D | 34,827 | ++ |
| 72 | 72 | Friday, Jun 25 | boxscore | MIN | MIL | W | 6 | 3 | 41-31 | 1 | up 3.0 | Santana | Obermueller | Nathan | 2:47 | N | 24,160 | +++ | ||
| 73 | 73 | Saturday, Jun 26 | boxscore | MIN | MIL | L | 2 | 7 | 41-32 | 1 | up 2.0 | Santos | Guerrier | 2:35 | N | 26,137 | - | |||
| 74 | 74 | Sunday, Jun 27 | boxscore | MIN | MIL | L | 3 | 7 | 41-33 | 1 | up 1.0 | Davis | Lohse | 2:54 | D | 25,398 | -- | |||
| 75 | 75 | Tuesday, Jun 29 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | L | 2 | 6 | 41-34 | 1 | Tied | Buehrle | Silva | 2:04 | N | 24,704 | --- | |||
| 76 | 76 | Wednesday, Jun 30 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | L | 6 | 9 | 41-35 | 2 | 1.0 | Garcia | Radke | 2:35 | N | 25,433 | ---- | |||
| 77 | 77 | Thursday, Jul 1 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | L | 1 | 2 | 41-36 | 2 | 2.0 | Garland | Santana | Marte | 2:20 | D | 21,127 | ----- | ||
| 78 | 78 | Friday, Jul 2 | boxscore | MIN | @ | ARI | W | 6 | 5 | 42-36 | 2 | 1.0 | Romero | Randolph | Nathan | 2:33 | N | 27,045 | + | |
| 79 | 79 | Saturday, Jul 3 | boxscore | MIN | @ | ARI | W | 8 | 4 | 43-36 | 1 | Tied | Mulholland | Good | Rincon | 2:36 | N | 29,830 | ++ | |
| 80 | 80 | Sunday, Jul 4 | boxscore | MIN | @ | ARI | L | 2 | 6 | 43-37 | 1 | Tied | Johnson | Silva | 2:18 | D | 31,732 | - | ||
| 81 | 81 | Monday, Jul 5 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | W | 9 | 0 | 44-37 | 1 | up 0.5 | Radke | Gobble | 2:17 | N | 16,191 | + | |||
| 82 | 82 | Tuesday, Jul 6 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | W | 4 | 0 | 45-37 | 1 | up 1.5 | Santana | Greinke | 2:27 | N | 18,038 | ++ | |||
| 83 | 83 | Wednesday, Jul 7 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | W | 12 | 0 | 46-37 | 1 | up 2.5 | Lohse | Reyes | 2:31 | N | 19,534 | +++ | |||
| 84 | 84 | Thursday, Jul 8 | boxscore | MIN | DET | W | 7 | 1 | 47-37 | 1 | up 2.5 | Balfour | Maroth | 2:26 | N | 14,087 | ++++ | |||
| 85 | 85 | Friday, Jul 9 | boxscore | MIN | DET | L | 3 | 5 | 47-38 | 1 | up 1.5 | Knotts | Silva | Urbina | 2:39 | N | 22,678 | - | ||
| 86 | 86 | Saturday, Jul 10 | boxscore | MIN | DET | L | 2 | 4 | 47-39 | 1 | up 0.5 | Robertson | Radke | Urbina | 2:51 | N | 26,646 | -- | ||
| 87 | 87 | Sunday, Jul 11 | boxscore | MIN | DET | L | 0 | 2 | 47-40 | 2 | 0.5 | Johnson | Santana | 2:08 | D | 21,618 | --- | |||
| 88 | 88 | Thursday, Jul 15 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | L | 1 | 3 | 47-41 | 2 | 0.5 | Greinke | Lohse | Bukvich | 2:45 | N | 18,540 | ---- | |
| 89 | 89 | Friday, Jul 16 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | L | 3 | 12 | 47-42 | 2 | 0.5 | May | Radke | 2:37 | N | 25,189 | ----- | ||
| 90 | 90 | Saturday, Jul 17 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | W | 4 | 1 | 48-42 | 2 | 0.5 | Santana | Gobble | Nathan | 2:30 | D | 30,094 | + | |
| 91 | 91 | Sunday, Jul 18 | boxscore | MIN | @ | KCR | L | 3 | 4 | 10 | 48-43 | 2 | 0.5 | Reyes | Balfour | 3:04 | N | 20,099 | - | |
| 92 | 92 | Monday, Jul 19 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | W | 3 | 1 | 49-43 | 2 | 0.5 | Mulholland | Johnson | Nathan | 2:29 | N | 21,369 | + | |
| 93 | 93 | Tuesday, Jul 20 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | W | 5 | 4 | 10 | 50-43 | 1 | up 0.5 | Balfour | Urbina | Nathan | 3:19 | N | 23,227 | ++ |
| 94 | 94 | Wednesday, Jul 21 | boxscore | MIN | TBD | W | 12 | 2 | 51-43 | 1 | up 0.5 | Radke | Halama | 2:36 | N | 21,095 | +++ | |||
| 95 | 95 | Thursday, Jul 22 | boxscore | MIN | TBD | W | 7 | 5 | 52-43 | 1 | up 0.5 | Romero | Harper | Nathan | 3:05 | D | 26,454 | ++++ | ||
| 96 | 96 | Friday, Jul 23 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BAL | W | 7 | 3 | 53-43 | 1 | up 0.5 | Silva | Maine | 3:07 | N | 34,874 | +++++ | ||
| 97 | 97 | Saturday, Jul 24 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BAL | L | 2 | 4 | 53-44 | 2 | 0.5 | Ponson | Roa | Julio | 2:31 | N | 36,652 | - | |
| 98 | 98 | Sunday, Jul 25 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BAL | W | 8 | 4 | 54-44 | 1 | up 0.5 | Lohse | Cabrera | 3:01 | D | 41,833 | + | ||
| 99 | 99 | Monday, Jul 26 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | W | 6 | 2 | 55-44 | 1 | up 1.5 | Radke | Buehrle | 2:53 | N | 38,362 | ++ | ||
| 100 | 100 | Tuesday, Jul 27 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | W | 7 | 3 | 56-44 | 1 | up 2.5 | Santana | Garcia | 2:58 | N | 37,528 | +++ | ||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 101 | 101 | Wednesday, Jul 28 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | W | 5 | 4 | 10 | 57-44 | 1 | up 3.5 | Mulholland | Takatsu | Nathan | 3:07 | D | 32,605 | ++++ |
| 102 | 102 | Friday, Jul 30 | boxscore | MIN | BOS | L | 2 | 8 | 57-45 | 1 | up 4.0 | Arroyo | Lohse | 2:38 | N | 34,263 | - | |||
| 103 | 103 | Saturday, Jul 31 | boxscore | MIN | BOS | W | 5 | 4 | 58-45 | 1 | up 5.0 | Rincon | Embree | Nathan | 2:37 | N | 40,283 | + | ||
| 104 | 104 | Sunday, Aug 1 | boxscore | MIN | BOS | W | 4 | 3 | 59-45 | 1 | up 5.0 | Santana | Timlin | Nathan | 2:24 | D | 38,751 | ++ | ||
| 105 | 105 | Tuesday, Aug 3 | boxscore | MIN | ANA | W | 10 | 0 | 60-45 | 1 | up 5.0 | Silva | Lackey | 2:15 | N | 22,273 | +++ | |||
| 106 | 106 | Wednesday, Aug 4 | boxscore | MIN | ANA | W | 6 | 3 | 61-45 | 1 | up 6.0 | Lohse | Ortiz | Nathan | 2:23 | N | 28,435 | ++++ | ||
| 107 | 107 | Thursday, Aug 5 | boxscore | MIN | ANA | L | 3 | 8 | 61-46 | 1 | up 6.0 | Sele | Mulholland | 2:28 | D | 26,867 | - | |||
| 108 | 108 | Friday, Aug 6 | boxscore | MIN | OAK | L | 1 | 3 | 11 | 61-47 | 1 | up 6.0 | Dotel | Rincon | 3:02 | N | 25,102 | -- | ||
| 109 | 109 | Saturday, Aug 7 | boxscore | MIN | OAK | W | 4 | 3 | 62-47 | 1 | up 6.0 | Santana | Hudson | Nathan | 2:52 | D | 29,572 | + | ||
| 110 | 110 | Sunday, Aug 8 | boxscore | MIN | OAK | L | 5 | 6 | 18 | 62-48 | 1 | up 6.0 | Hammond | Mulholland | Dotel | 4:57 | D | 25,976 | - | |
| 111 | 111 | Monday, Aug 9 | boxscore | MIN | OAK | L | 2 | 8 | 62-49 | 1 | up 5.0 | Harden | Lohse | 3:10 | D | 21,298 | -- | |||
| 112 | 112 | Tuesday, Aug 10 | boxscore | MIN | @ | SEA | L | 3 | 4 | 62-50 | 1 | up 4.0 | Meche | Mulholland | Putz | 2:07 | N | 36,290 | --- | |
| 113 | 113 | Wednesday, Aug 11 | boxscore | MIN | @ | SEA | L | 3 | 4 | 62-51 | 1 | up 3.0 | Sherrill | Rincon | 2:54 | N | 35,192 | ---- | ||
| 114 | 114 | Thursday, Aug 12 | boxscore | MIN | @ | SEA | W | 6 | 3 | 63-51 | 1 | up 3.0 | Santana | Franklin | Nathan | 2:35 | D | 40,142 | + | |
| 115 | 115 | Friday, Aug 13 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | L | 2 | 8 | 63-52 | 1 | up 2.0 | Elarton | Silva | 2:40 | N | 30,101 | - | ||
| 116 | 116 | Saturday, Aug 14 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | L | 1 | 7 | 63-53 | 1 | up 1.0 | Westbrook | Lohse | 2:31 | N | 40,942 | -- | ||
| 117 | 117 | Sunday, Aug 15 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | W | 4 | 2 | 10 | 64-53 | 1 | up 2.0 | Rincon | White | Nathan | 3:15 | D | 38,019 | + |
| 118 | 118 | Tuesday, Aug 17 | boxscore | MIN | NYY | W | 8 | 2 | 65-53 | 1 | up 3.5 | Radke | Vazquez | 2:48 | N | 38,766 | ++ | |||
| 119 | 119 | Wednesday, Aug 18 | boxscore | MIN | NYY | W | 7 | 2 | 66-53 | 1 | up 4.5 | Santana | Mussina | 2:46 | N | 41,125 | +++ | |||
| 120 | 120 | Thursday, Aug 19 | boxscore | MIN | NYY | L | 10 | 13 | 66-54 | 1 | up 4.0 | Gordon | Nathan | Rivera | 3:17 | N | 37,959 | - | ||
| 121 | 121 | Friday, Aug 20 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | W | 5 | 1 | 67-54 | 1 | up 5.0 | Lohse | Westbrook | 2:25 | N | 25,157 | + | |||
| 122 | 122 | Saturday, Aug 21 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | W | 8 | 1 | 68-54 | 1 | up 6.0 | Mulholland | Durbin | 2:29 | D | 27,945 | ++ | |||
| 123 | 123 | Sunday, Aug 22 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | W | 7 | 3 | 69-54 | 1 | up 7.0 | Radke | Sabathia | 2:43 | D | 28,587 | +++ | |||
| 124 | 124 | Monday, Aug 23 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TEX | W | 7 | 4 | 70-54 | 1 | up 8.0 | Santana | Rogers | 2:52 | N | 23,369 | ++++ | ||
| 125 | 125 | Tuesday, Aug 24 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TEX | L | 4 | 5 | 70-55 | 1 | up 8.0 | Cordero | Nathan | 2:58 | N | 24,496 | - | ||
| 126 | 126 | Wednesday, Aug 25 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TEX | W | 8 | 5 | 71-55 | 1 | up 8.0 | Lohse | Drese | Nathan | 3:18 | N | 25,332 | + | |
| 127 | 127 | Thursday, Aug 26 | boxscore | MIN | @ | TEX | L | 3 | 8 | 71-56 | 1 | up 8.0 | Park | Mulholland | 2:55 | N | 26,083 | - | ||
| 128 | 128 | Friday, Aug 27 | boxscore | MIN | @ | ANA | L | 6 | 9 | 71-57 | 1 | up 7.0 | Sele | Radke | Percival | 2:33 | N | 43,634 | -- | |
| 129 | 129 | Saturday, Aug 28 | boxscore | MIN | @ | ANA | W | 7 | 1 | 72-57 | 1 | up 8.0 | Santana | Colon | 2:44 | D | 42,778 | + | ||
| 130 | 130 | Sunday, Aug 29 | boxscore | MIN | @ | ANA | L | 2 | 4 | 72-58 | 1 | up 7.0 | Rodriguez | Rincon | 2:43 | D | 43,193 | - | ||
| 131 | 131 | Tuesday, Aug 31 | boxscore | MIN | TEX | W | 8 | 5 | 11 | 73-58 | 1 | up 7.0 | Rincon | Almanzar | 3:37 | N | 20,510 | + | ||
| 132 | 132 | Wednesday, Sep 1 | boxscore | MIN | TEX | W | 4 | 2 | 74-58 | 1 | up 8.0 | Crain | Cordero | Nathan | 2:24 | N | 21,480 | ++ | ||
| 133 | 133 | Thursday, Sep 2 | boxscore | MIN | TEX | W | 2 | 0 | 75-58 | 1 | up 9.0 | Radke | Rogers | Nathan | 2:40 | N | 18,293 | +++ | ||
| 134 | 134 | Friday, Sep 3 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | W | 2 | 0 | 76-58 | 1 | up 9.5 | Santana | May | Nathan | 2:40 | N | 22,239 | ++++ | ||
| 135 | 135 | Saturday, Sep 4 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | W | 4 | 3 | 77-58 | 1 | up 9.5 | Romero | Reyes | 2:18 | D | 23,735 | +++++ | |||
| 136 | 136 | Sunday, Sep 5 | boxscore | MIN | KCR | L | 3 | 12 | 77-59 | 1 | up 8.5 | Gobble | Lohse | 2:50 | D | 33,885 | - | |||
| 137 | 137 | Monday, Sep 6 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BAL | L | 1 | 4 | 77-60 | 1 | up 7.5 | Cabrera | Mulholland | Julio | 2:31 | D | 36,600 | -- | |
| 138 | 138 | Tuesday, Sep 7 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BAL | W | 3 | 1 | 78-60 | 1 | up 8.5 | Romero | Julio | Nathan | 2:39 | N | 29,624 | + | |
| 139 | 139 | Wednesday, Sep 8 | boxscore | MIN | @ | BAL | W | 9 | 0 | 79-60 | 1 | up 8.5 | Santana | Bedard | 2:42 | N | 19,358 | ++ | ||
| 140 | 140 | Friday, Sep 10 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | W | 4 | 1 | 80-60 | 1 | up 9.0 | Silva | Maroth | Nathan | 2:41 | N | 27,391 | +++ | |
| 141 | 141 | Saturday, Sep 11 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | W | 3 | 2 | 81-60 | 1 | up 9.0 | Crain | Levine | Nathan | 2:57 | N | 28,931 | ++++ | |
| 142 | 142 | Sunday, Sep 12 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | W | 8 | 5 | 82-60 | 1 | up10.0 | Mulholland | Robertson | Nathan | 2:42 | D | 23,208 | +++++ | |
| 143 | 143 | Monday, Sep 13 | boxscore | MIN | @ | DET | W | 5 | 3 | 83-60 | 1 | up10.5 | Radke | Johnson | Nathan | 2:31 | N | 9,962 | ++++++ | |
| 144 | 144 | Tuesday, Sep 14 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | W | 10 | 2 | 84-60 | 1 | up11.5 | Santana | Garcia | 2:32 | N | 22,145 | +++++++ | |||
| 145 | 145 | Wednesday, Sep 15 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | W | 6 | 1 | 85-60 | 1 | up12.5 | Silva | Buehrle | 2:12 | N | 20,612 | ++++++++ | |||
| 146 | 146 | Thursday, Sep 16 | boxscore | MIN | CHW | W | 10 | 1 | 86-60 | 1 | up13.5 | Lohse | Garland | 2:21 | N | 20,052 | +++++++++ | |||
| 147 | 147 | Friday, Sep 17 | boxscore | MIN | BAL | L | 2 | 11 | 86-61 | 1 | up13.5 | Ponson | Mulholland | 2:50 | N | 21,675 | - | |||
| 148 | 148 | Saturday, Sep 18 | boxscore | MIN | BAL | L | 3 | 12 | 86-62 | 1 | up12.5 | Cabrera | Radke | 3:24 | D | 24,183 | -- | |||
| 149 | 149 | Sunday, Sep 19 | boxscore | MIN | BAL | W | 5 | 1 | 87-62 | 1 | up12.5 | Santana | Chen | 2:17 | D | 31,399 | + | |||
| 150 | 150 | Monday, Sep 20 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | W | 8 | 2 | 88-62 | 1 | up13.5 | Silva | Buehrle | 2:09 | N | 21,991 | ++ | ||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 151 | 151 | Tuesday, Sep 21 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | L | 6 | 8 | 88-63 | 1 | up12.5 | Cotts | Romero | Takatsu | 2:39 | N | 14,771 | - | |
| 152 | 152 | Wednesday, Sep 22 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CHW | L | 6 | 7 | 88-64 | 1 | up11.5 | Cotts | Roa | 2:51 | N | 22,396 | -- | ||
| 153 | 153 | Thursday, Sep 23 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | L | 7 | 9 | 88-65 | 1 | up10.5 | Lee | Durbin | Betancourt | 2:58 | N | 18,053 | --- | |
| 154 | 154 | Friday, Sep 24 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | W | 8 | 2 | 89-65 | 1 | up11.5 | Santana | Denney | 3:13 | N | 16,253 | + | ||
| 155 | 155 | Saturday, Sep 25 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | L | 3 | 5 | 89-66 | 1 | up10.5 | Howry | Romero | Wickman | 2:31 | N | 23,541 | - | |
| 156 | 156 | Sunday, Sep 26 | boxscore | MIN | @ | CLE | W | 6 | 2 | 90-66 | 1 | up10.5 | Silva | Cruceta | 2:36 | D | 22,091 | + | ||
| 157 | 157 | Wednesday, Sep 29 | boxscore | MIN | @ | NYY | L | 3 | 5 | 90-67 | 1 | up10.0 | Quantrill | Romero | Rivera | 2:42 | D | 0 | - | |
| 158 | 158 | Wednesday, Sep 29 | boxscore | MIN | @ | NYY | L | 4 | 5 | 90-68 | 1 | up10.0 | Lieber | Lohse | Rivera | 2:58 | N | 45,072 | -- | |
| 159 | 159 | Thursday, Sep 30 | boxscore | MIN | @ | NYY | L | 4 | 6 | 90-69 | 1 | up 9.0 | Gordon | Fultz | 3:03 | N | 48,454 | --- | ||
| 160 | 160 | Friday, Oct 1 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | W | 4 | 3 | 91-69 | 1 | up 9.0 | Crain | Howry | Nathan | 2:25 | N | 25,322 | + | ||
| 161 | 161 | Saturday, Oct 2 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | W | 6 | 5 | 12 | 92-69 | 1 | up10.0 | Lohse | Riske | 3:43 | D | 32,268 | ++ | ||
| 162 | 162 | Sunday, Oct 3 | boxscore | MIN | CLE | L | 2 | 5 | 92-70 | 1 | up 9.0 | Lee | Lohse | Wickman | 2:15 | D | 28,624 | - | ||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak |
Rank and Games Behind are at the end of all games played on that date.